Spice Route Legal
Praveen Raju
Education
What Praveen brings to the table
Praveen is a Founding Partner of Spice Route Legal and leads the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Renowned as one of India’s foremost M&A lawyers, Praveen combines over two decades of experience advising on complex, high-value transactions with a distinctly sector-agnostic approach.
Having worked extensively in India and Singapore, Praveen has advised on mergers, acquisitions, and private equity transactions spanning more than 50 countries. His ability to blend technical precision with a strategic understanding of diverse industries has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor to some of the world’s most prominent businesses. One of his key focus areas is financial services where he has advised some of the largest acquisition, mergers and joint ventures in banking, insurance, alternative lending, and payments.
Praveen is consistently recognised for his expertise by the world’s leading legal directories – ranked as a Leading Partner by The Legal 500, among the top Corporate and M&A lawyers across Asia-Pacific by Chambers & Partners, and as a Distinguished Practitioner by Asialaw. He has also been featured among India’s top 100 lawyers by India Business Law Journal and is ranked as a Highly Regarded professional by IFLR1000.
To read more about his M&A experience in other sectors, please see here (Life Sciences), here (TMT), and here (Energy).
Representative matters:
- Assisted a leading full-service investment banking and financial advisory firm in India with its acquisition of a premier boutique family office services company.
- Advised one of India’s prominent private equity houses on the strategic sale of select portfolio assets to a globally renowned investor services and fund administration group.
- Advised a distinguished growth-stage private equity investor on its investment in a leading non-banking financial services company focused on SME lending.
- Advised the financial services arm of one of India’s largest conglomerates on its acquisition of a major mutual fund business, strengthening its position in India’s asset management sector.
- Advised the financial services arm of a diversified Indian industrial giant on its acquisition of a housing finance company specialising in affordable home loans.
- Advised a sovereign wealth fund headquartered in Singapore on strategic investments in a major Asia-based shipping company and a leading Indian express logistics player.
- Advised a prominent global bank on its strategic investment in a landmark mixed-use real estate development project led by one of India’s top real estate developers.
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